''Ramsbottomia'' is a
genus of fungi in the family
Pyronemataceae.
The genus name of ''Ramsbottomia'' is in honour of
John Ramsbottom (1885–1974), who was a British
mycologist
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.
The genus was
circumscribed
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by
W.D. Buckley
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in Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc. vol.9 on page 44 in 1923.
Species
As accepted by
Species Fungorum;
* ''
Ramsbottomia asperior''
* ''
Ramsbottomia lamprosporoidea''
Former species;
[
* ''R. crechqueraultii'' now '' Lamprospora crechqueraultii'' (still in Pyronemataceae)
* ''R. macrantha'' now ''Lamprospora crechqueraultii''
]
References
Pyronemataceae
Pezizales genera
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